Job Opportunity in UAE as a Head of Interior Design

Alfuttaim offers a job opportunity in UAE as a Head of Interior Design. You will effectively manage the design process and design consultants and to oversee and make successful the entire design process from pre-concept design stage through final design and for construction documentation (including selection of designers).

You will be responsible for:

• Assess the market, define and assess specific requirements, define qualification/evaluation criteria, review available candidate consultants develop relevant interview process and questionnaires, interview candidates, assess and compare presentations, make recommendations for selection of designers.
• Define and assess DFC requirements.
• Review and ensure completeness of design scope internally.
• Review designs received (ongoing) against the design scope.
• Assess progress and performance and make recommendations for payments to designers.
• Create appropriate correspondence/records of all transactions.
• Coordination of different DFC requirements (owners vision, development, design, construction) into the designs.
• Procure or make agreed definitions of all DFC requirements… assess those requirements for mutual compatibility in respect of design.
• Redefine these requirements if and when they change.
• Put these requirements into design scopes.
• Review designs against (latest) DFC requirements.
• Coordination and Interfacing with Other DFC Designers.
• Liaise with designers and monitor the communication.
• Establish explicit feedback/acknowledgement in respect of any corrections.
• Establish schedule/extent of design deliverables… review designs delivered in respect of general compliance with design scope and DFC requirements.
• Communicate the results of those reviews unambiguously to the designers for actions as required.
• Liaise as necessary with Statutory Authorities in respect of design approvals (in support of design consultants).
• Procure DFC internal design approvals.
• Measurement and control of design progress.
• Accelerate or cause to be accelerated designs which are late until they are on time.
• Report upwards on design progress in a regular and consistent manner.
• ​​​​​​​​​Management of design change.
• Create appropriate correspondence/records of all transactions.
• Recruitment / Management of design management staff reporting to jobholder.
• Participate in staff recruitment/interviews.
• Assign tasks which are appropriate in respect of the skills and experience and workload of the staff.
• Review the work done and provide appropriate positive or negative feedback as appropriate.
• Organize /recommend any necessary training.
• Provide feedback in respect of procedures in use.

You must have:

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

• Engineering Honors Degree and Chartered Civil Engineer or any other equivalent degree.                                                          

Minimum Experience:

• From 10 to 15 years hands-on experience in Design and Construction.
• Familiarity with design standards, codes and practices.​​​​​​​

Job-Specific Skills:

• Pre-qualification of consultants.
• Coordination with designers clarity and accuracy of communicating DFC’s requirements.
• Identification of cost/time/quality implication of any design change.
• Team Management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word/ Excel) MS Project.

Behavioral competencies :

• Communication skills.
• Training and Coaching.
• Leadership skills.

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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